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Inside the world of venture capital and startups2008-09-11T11:23:42-05:00

Lehman Keeps Bleedinghttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2008/09/lehman_keeps_bl.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
The Lehman Brothers bloodbath continues, as shares of the beleaguered investment bank tumbled again today—just one day after the firm announced a still evolving plan to put its financial affairs in order. In late morning trading, shares of Lehman were...investment banksmatthew_goldstein2008-09-11T11:23:42-05:00Sallie Mae deal at riskhttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/07/sallie_mae_deal.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
The $25 billion buyout of student loan company SLM could be scuttled as Congress debates new laws that would cut funding for the market. The private equity consortium, which includes JC Flowers, JP Morgan and others, argues that the legislation...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-07-11T16:07:31-05:00M&A advisor questions whether Avaya buyout will pay offhttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/06/banker_question.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
I thought that TPG and Silver Lake's $8.2 billion buyout of corporate phone-maker Avaya made a lot of sense. Sure, the company is in a tough business and faces competition from all sides, but buyout firms are supposed to be...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-06-08T15:00:59-05:00Another view on strategic buyershttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/05/another_view_on_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
I argued yesterday that strategic buyers are often at a disadvantage when they are in competitive situation with financial sponsors. Ken Marlin, the founder of investment bank Marlin & Asssociates, has a different view, which I am passing along. Thanks,...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-05-30T15:05:31-05:00Avaya: a near-perfect private equity targethttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/05/avaya_a_near-pe.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
For years, telephone handset maker Avaya was a sleepy corporate backwater in the old AT&T corporate empire. No one seemed to want to own it. AT&T spun off its entire network equipment making division as Lucent Technologies in 1996. But...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-05-29T16:24:28-05:00Carlyle Group Plans to List First Publicly Traded Fundhttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/05/carlyl_group_pl.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
My colleague Emily Thornton passed this scoop to Deal Flow: Private equity powerhouse the Carlyle Group plans to file to list its first publicly traded fund by the end of June, people familiar with the transaction have told BusinessWeek.com. Recently,...Funding Newsmartin_keohan2007-05-10T18:34:18-05:00Goldman backs wireless broadband startup Arcadiahttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/goldman_backs_w.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Arcadian Networks, a wireless broadband company that servces rural industries, said Thursday it had raised an additional $30 million from lead investor Goldman Sachs. The New York-based telecom startup has now raised a total of $90 million. Arcadian automates the...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-26T16:01:43-05:00Another view on IT services buyoutshttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/another_view_on.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
I wrote today about the buyout boom in the IT services sector. link. Investment banker Ken Marlin, the founder of tech and media-oriented advisor Marlin & Associates, offered a long and thoughtful analysis that frames the issues in a cogent...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-23T13:43:37-05:00Alternative investment fees under pressurehttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/alternative_inv.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Pension funds and other big investors have been saying for some time that hedge fund fees are too high. Now private equity funds are coming under the same sort of pressure. "Private equity management fees have come under the spotlight...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-19T17:33:59-05:00Derivatives create new ways for betting on LBOshttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/derivatives_cre.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Today, I take a look at how hedge funds are using insurance policies, known as credit default swaps, to make bets on companies they think are likely to be acquired in a leveraged buyout. link. Private equity investors typically look...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-17T15:16:13-05:00Lazard chief's pay reflects boomhttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/lazard_chiefs_p.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein may have done CEOs across the financial world a huge favor by earning a stunning $54 million in 2006. Blankfein set the bar for CEO pay so high that no one else is likely to...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-13T13:18:56-05:00BCE talks driven by regulatory issueshttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/bce_talks_drive.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Like just about everything else in telecom, the buyout talks between the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund and Bell Canada parent BCE are driven by regulatory issues. BCE wanted to enjoy a tax loophole popular with many Canadian companies for the...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-11T18:05:52-05:00BCE talks: eliminating the middle manhttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/bce_talks_elimi.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is exploring a possible $45 billion buyout of Bell Canada parent BCE. The talks, first reported by The New York Times, could lead to the largest buyout in history, a record that doesn't stand for...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-10T18:00:43-05:00Balance of power tilts back to big companieshttp://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/balance_of_powe.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
Verizon's stunning legal victory in patent suit against voice of IP upstart Vonage should be seen as part of a broader trend favoring big companies. Just a few years ago, it was common wisdom that upstarts would eat away at...M&Asteve_rosenbush2007-04-06T15:25:04-05:00Satellite deal: Do broadcasters protest too much?http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2007/04/satellite_deal.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_dealflow
The proposed merger of satellite radio companies Sirius and XM has elicted a damning response from radio broadcasters. They helped fund a Carmel Group study that has powerfully attacked the deal's central defenese in a Justice Department antitrust review. The...Mediasteve_rosenbush2007-04-05T11:21:06-05:00